CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) Cert Prep

All about the CompTIA A+

• What is the CompTIA A+?
• Why get CompTIA A+ certified?
• How to take the A+ exam
• What's on the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1101) exam?
• How to pass the CompTIA A+ exams
• How to use this video course

1. Safety and Professionalism

• Professional communication: Part 1
• Professional communication: Part 2
• Dealing with difficult customers
• Physical safety

2. The Visible Computer

• Common safety procedures
• What is an operating system?
• Users and super users
• Why Windows?
• Touring Windows 10 and 11
• Touring macOS
• Touring Linux OS

3. Power Supplies

• Power protection

4. Mass Storage Technologies

• Boot order

5. Implementing Mass Storage

• Understanding partitioning
• MBR partitioning
• GPT partitioning
• Understanding file systems
• Popular file systems
• Formatting in action
• Dynamic disks
• New installation: First drive
• Software RAID in storage spaces
• Encrypting mass storage
• Maintaining storage disks

6. Essential Peripherals

• Understanding USB
• Webcams and video conferencing

7. Installing and Upgrading Operating Systems

• Windows 10 editions and features
• Windows 11 editions and features
• Boot from everything
• Installing and upgrading Windows 10
• Post-installation tasks
• Installing and updating Linux
• Upgrading macOS

8. Working with Operating Systems

• The Task Manager
• The Control Panel
• Windows settings
• MMC and additional tools
• What is the Registry?
• macOS core tools

9. Users, Groups, and Permissions

• Introduction to users and groups
• Managing users and groups
• NTFS permissions
• Linux and macOS permissions
• File explorer
• Sharing resources
• Security policies

10. Maintaining and Optimizing Operating Systems

• Maintaining Windows
• Maintaining macOS
• Maintaining Linux
• Working with applications
• Backing up your data in Windows
• Backing up your data in Linux and macOS

11. Working with the Command-Line Interface

• Understanding the CLI
• Navigating the CLI
• Working with folders
• Working with files
• Working with drives
• Super copy commands
• Command-line permissions
• Advanced Windows commands
• Advanced Linux commands
• Introduction to scripting
• Interpreted languages
• Scripting and the terminal

12. Troubleshooting Operating Systems

• Windows Recovery Environment
• Advanced Windows start-up options
• Troubleshooting boot problems
• Troubleshooting at the GUI
• Troubleshooting applications
• Kernel panic

13. Local Area Networking

• Introduction to TCP/IP
• Network IDs and subnet masks
• Special IP addresses
• Network address translation (NAT)
• Dynamic IP addressing
• Working with connections
• Understanding DNS
• Working with DNS
• Windows naming
• Working with workgroups
• Working with active directory
• Windows sharing with macOS and Linux
• The net command
• Routers
• Basic router configuration
• Firewall configuration
• Windows firewall
• Port forwarding
• Advanced router configuration
• Virtual LANs (VLANs)

14. Wireless Networking

• Basic setup
• Wireless encryption
• Connecting to a Wi-Fi network
• Enterprise wireless
• Troubleshooting wireless connections

15. The Internet

• Telnet and SSH
• Remote desktop connections
• The World Wide Web
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• Proxy servers
• Virtual private networks (VPNs)
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Troubleshooting internet connections: Part 1
• Browser security

16. Portable Computing

• Power management

17. Mobile Devices

• Touring Android
• Touring iOS
• Virtual reality

18. Maintaining and Securing Mobile Devices

• Maintaining mobile devices
• Mobile devices and email
• Mobile device security
• Mobile device troubleshooting

19. Securing Computers

• Threats
• Dealing with threats
• Physical security
• Passwords and authentication
• Multifactor authentication (MFA)
• Malware
• Anti-malware
• Social engineering
• Licensing
• Incident response
• Environmental controls
• Malware in action

20. Operational Procedures

• Documents you need to know
• Data you need to know
• Change management
• The zen of backup
• Recycling and data destruction
• Ticketing systems